We’re Planning for our 60th Annual Show in 2023!

Celebrate with us with FREE SHOW ADMISSION and FREE PARKING all throughout the SHOW!!

Friday, October 6, 2023 – Noon to 5 p.m.
Saturday, October 7, 2023 – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, October 8, 2023 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

 Delaware County Fairgrounds, 236 Pennsylvania Avenue, Delaware, Ohio

Click here for information about the 2023 Ohio Gourd Show

Click HERE OHIO GOURD SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

to Renew your Membership for 2023

 

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The online Gourd Shop is offline for a few months.

We hope to be back open later this year!

We’re Living the Gourd Life

Ohio Gourd Patches

Central Ohio
Needs someone to organize.

West Central Ohio
Meets at Shawnee Prairie Park (Darke County)

Contact Celia Roberts
normcelia@charter.net

NorthWest Ohio.  Christie DeLamater, OGS member in Waterville, Ohio, is looking for fellow gourd enthusiasts to start a new gourd patch in NW Ohio.    Contact Christie DeLamater  (419) 343-0771,  chrisvdel@juno.com.

Start One
Gourd Patch Launch

Start a Gourd Patch near you. Meet, socialize, exchange plants, gourds, and art. Create special events like The Grand Illumination!

Christie DeLamater, OGS member in Waterville, Ohio, is looking for fellow gourd enthusiasts to start a new gourd patch in NW Ohio.    Contact Christie DeLamater  (419) 343-0771,  chrisvdel@juno.com.

For Kids
Youth Program

OGS Youth Program is open to young people ages 5 to 18. $50 Award for successful completion of the program each year!

Congratulations to our first successful participant of 2020, Mckenna H, mentored by Vikkie Mustad.

OGS provides opportunities for creativity, learning, community involvement and sharing of talents to people of all ages.

Posts from Facebook:

Mrs. Roberta Lipka Landwehr Watson, age 93, passed away on September 23, 2023.Roberta was born in Cincinnati, OH to George “Oscar” Lipka and Norma Lipka.Roberta was a gourd artist and member of the American Gourd Society and the Ohio Gourd Society. She never knew a stranger and will be remembered for her welcoming smile. Roberta loved cruises where she met many new friends along the way. Roberta was a dedicated Christian and a great organizer, who formed and led many groups, in churches she attended and elsewhere.Roberta is survived by son Allan (wife Janet) Landwehr, sister Paula (husband Ronald) Mason, nieces Suzanne Rothhaar and Jori Bernat-Lipka Smith, nephew Tracey Lipka, grandchildren Lily Landwehr, Violet Landwehr, Vickie Burbrink, Jill Gritton, Tom Ammann, Julianne Hall, Tina Smith, Dianne Swift, Tracy Gatewood, Lee Hurt, Sherri Hurt, and Danny Hurt, and stepdaughters Jean Ammann, Rosalie Landwehr, and Joan Hurt.She was preceded in death by husbands, Edwin Landwehr and James Watson, parents George “Oscar” Lipka and Norma, brother Ronald Lipka and his wife Sandra Lipka, brother-in-law Walter M. Jones, nephew Christopher Jones, stepdaughter Judy Gatewood, and great-granddaughter Riley Schon.Visitation will be held Wednesday, October 4, 2023, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Arlington Memorial Gardens Funeral Home (2155 Compton Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45231- enter from Compton Road and follow blue line [to the LEFT] on road to Funeral Home). A memorial service for Mrs. Roberta Lipka Landwehr Watson will be held on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 11:00 AM at Arlington Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, with Pastor Jerome Weaver officiating. *** Roberta requested that everyone wear some BRIGHT COLORS, as she wanted this to be a CELEBRATION of her arrival in Heaven!Donations to honor Roberta can be made to the Billy Graham/ Franklin Graham Ministries, or the Wounded Warrior Project. ... See MoreSee Less

The Ohio Gourd Society: Active and Social

We host meetings each year in addition to our signature event, The Ohio Gourd Show!

You can find us on Facebook, meet with your local gourd patch, start one of your own, get involved in our board or our youth program, or donate to support the work of our organization!